Report: Dennis Pitta working out, not close to returning

Posted by Josh Alper on October 22, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT

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The Ravens stashed tight end Dennis Pitta on injured reserve with the possibility of returning at the start of the season in hopes of getting a late-season contribution from the tight end after he recovered from a preseason hip injury.

Pitta is eligible to start practicing with the team and would be free to play in the Ravens’ Week Nine game because he’d have spent the necessary eight weeks on injured reserve, but it doesn’t sound like that’s a realistic possibility.

Ed Werder of ESPN reports that that Pitta has been working out regularly as part of his rehab from the injury and the team still expects that he’ll be able to make it back this season, although the projected date of that return is about a month away. Per Werder, Baltimore anticipates Pitta being out through mid-to-late November before he will make it back onto the field.

Dallas Clark leads Ravens tight ends with 23 catches for 265 yards this season while Ed Dickson has caught just seven passes and heard coach John Harbaugh castigate him for regressing in recent years. Getting Pitta, who had 61 catches last season, back would help a scuffling offense, but it looks like they’ll need to find help elsewhere a little while longer.

Might as well have been smoked – a loss is a loss – this one counts as much as the Denver loss. But it was merely a point that for all the doom and gloom bashing dished out (where’s that Owen clown by the way), I guess that team ain’t so bad, and most definitely not out of it. But in case you missed it, I thought it was the typical, great game.

Steelers will always own the ravens record is what 9-5 ravens always wanna be us but they only have what 2 Super Bowl rings and I don’t care how long u been in the NFL took u 10 years to get another Super Bowl bound team and it was even a one hit wonder be years before u go back to the Super Bowl oh wait maybe 20 since u got over paid Joe

Steelers will always own the ravens record is what 9-5 ravens always wanna be us but they only have what 2 Super Bowl rings and I don’t care how long u been in the NFL took u 10 years to get another Super Bowl bound team and it was even a one hit wonder be years before u go back to the Super Bowl oh wait maybe 20 since u got over paid Joe
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What? I don’t speak yinzer. Can someone translate?

Sure youcallthat – he said the Steelers have more SBs than the Ravens, he doesn’t care that they’ve been in the league a shorter time, and he feels Flacco’s contract will hinder the team in their bid to return, for many years to come. Hey winorlose, type slower for youcallthat next time.

No Jacoby Jones kick returns to bail him out like when he should’ve lost to crippled Leftwich last year. No Rice scrambles to turn a one-yard dumpoff into an impossible 29-yard first down. No interception returns for TDs to cover for his 53-yard passing halves like against the Texans.

“Sure youcallthat – he said the Steelers have more SBs than the Ravens, he doesn’t care that they’ve been in the league a shorter time, and he feels Flacco’s contract will hinder the team in their bid to return, for many years to come. Hey winorlose, type slower for youcallthat next time.”

Its the “we have more Lombardi trophies and Flacco sucks argument”. That’s original.

youcallthat, I just thought you wanted it translated, not that I disagree though. But technically, he didn’t say Flacco sucked, just that he’s overpaid.

And sbchampsagain, I completely agree that past SBs have no impact. And comparing two teams with such a big difference in how long they’ve been around, almost impossible to do. The only real comparison you can do is how the teams have fared during the time they’ve both been in the league. Or since 1996, unless you count your Browns history too.